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Mark Reed-Edwards found the perfect timing, right after ARInsights‘ forum in Boston, to ask me about the misunderstandings and options within analyst relations. In the first of two ‘Confessions of a Marketer‘ podcasts with Mark, I explain the roots of the pay to play myth: that all analysts will say better things about you if Read more about Confessions of an analyst relations consultant[…]

IT solution providers can amplify their market impact by understanding that analysts’ impact differs greatly between countries. Services companies and solution providers often look at analysts through the lens of thought leadership: both market intelligence teams, which consume analyst insight, and analyst relations teams, which aim to inform it. However, because most analyst firms write Read more about TechMarketView & Ovum show national impact of analysts[…]

Marketing is one of the most important areas of expertise where analysts are creating value for their users. According to the participants in the Analyst Value Survey, the ten firms creating the most value through insight into marketing are the ones listed below. Gartner is the most valuable provider of analyst insight into marketing. Todd Read more about Ovum & 451 advance in Marketing Analyst Firm Awards 2017[…]

How do AR teams get the information for building and ranking analyst lists? How do they know the people claiming they are analysts really are analysts? In many cases, the AR professional will look it up in a commercially available AR database or contract with an AR services firm that has analyst list creation product.

Are you in the database? Is the information accurate?

One of the important AR tools that AR teams have is their trusty Analyst Relationship Management application (ARM tool, think CRM specifically for AR) or standalone analyst database. The reason why these tools are so valuable is that the database is maintained by the vendor, saving AR the grunt work of tracking an ever changing universe of analysts.

AR teams use the electronic directories all the time to create new or to refresh existing analyst lists. Just go into Continue reading →